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+### Literature
+
+* [arvid on writing a fast piece picker](https://blog.libtorrent.org/2011/11/writing-a-fast-piece-picker/)
+
+    Uses C++ for examples.
+
+* [On Piece Selection for Streaming BitTorrent](https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:835742/FULLTEXT01.pdf)
+ 
+  Some simulations by some Swedes on piece selection.
+
+* [A South American paper on peer-selection strategies for uploading](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.2187.pdf)
+
+  Has some useful overviews of piece-selection.